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CAAMA FENNEC. 
Megalotis caama. 
PLATE XIX. 
Canis (vulpes) caama. 
THE smallest of the South African foxes, according 
to Dr. Smith, we place here, on account of the 
great development of the ears, the general form of 
the animal, and its diurnal habits. In figure, this 
species resembles the last described, having also the 
long brush, with a dark tip. 
It is in stature about one foot high at the shoulder, 
covered with a soft fur coloured like that of a wild 
rabbit. The head is vulpine; the ears large, with 
expanded tubes; the whiskers long, black, and 
rigid; and its predatory habits best observed are, 
that of feeding upon eggs of birds nestling upon the 
ground. It is an object of solicitude to ostriches, 
who watch the animal when the laying season has 
commenced. When the Caama has obtained an 
egg of a large size, he is stated to roll it in the 
manner which the Suricate (/ysena) and several 
Viverre practise, until, by encountering a stone, ‘it 
is broken, and is thus become accessible food. ‘The 
proceedings both of the ostrich and the animal 
attest that it is in the habit of preying by day as 
well as by night, like the other Megalotes. 
